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we have 22 million people in this country who are using drugs. 22 million people. >> right. >> and the last survey that i saw was reported on the people who have either used some kind of illicit drug in the last month. because of that drug, because of that consumption here in the united states, we have drug traffickers in mexico making sure they're bringing all the drugs from south america crossing central america and mexico to come to this country. in the last six years in mexico, 65,000 people died, were killed because of the drug war. and the united states has to take responsibility with the fact that there are people being killed in mexico in part because there are so many people here using drugs. and what amazes me is this is not an issue for romney or for president barack obama even though president barack obama has spent $1 billion in drug programs and prevention, which is a huge amount of money. we have to take responsibility in this country for all the people being killed in mexico and central america. >> from each of you quickly, what are the priority issues as you see them i
we have 22 million people in this country who are using drugs. 22 million people. >> right. >> and the last survey that i saw was reported on the people who have either used some kind of illicit drug in the last month. because of that drug, because of that consumption here in the united states, we have drug traffickers in mexico making sure they're bringing all the drugs from south america crossing central america and mexico to come to this country. in the last six years in mexico,...
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. >> i represent a different course. i make sure young people have great jobs tomorrow and bright and prosperous future. that is the difference between us. >> wednesday's debate will focus on domestic policy. romney continues to hamer the president for what he calls a failed foreign policy? an op-ed in today's op-ed journal, romney declared the president is weakening the america's position in the world writing, "by failing to maintain the element of our influence and by stepping away from the allies, president obama has heightened the prospect of conflict and instability. he does not understand in american policy that lax resolve can provoke aggressio aggression. and carriage disorder." after a weekend of debate prep in boston, romney left for denver an wednesday's big event. while the campaign played the game of lowering expectations for the governor. >> obama is a gifted speaker. he has been on the national stage for many years. experienceed debater. he has done the debates before. this is mitt's first time on this sta
. >> i represent a different course. i make sure young people have great jobs tomorrow and bright and prosperous future. that is the difference between us. >> wednesday's debate will focus on domestic policy. romney continues to hamer the president for what he calls a failed foreign policy? an op-ed in today's op-ed journal, romney declared the president is weakening the america's position in the world writing, "by failing to maintain the element of our influence and by...
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i served for eight years in the house of representatives and i served on the intelligence committee, specialized in looking at arms control. i served for eight years in the united states senate and served on the armed services committee. for the last eight years i've served on the national security council, and when the conflict came up in bosnia, i saw a genocide in the heart of europe with the most violent war on the continent of europe since world war ii. look, that's where world war i started in the balkans. my uncle was a victim of poisonous gas there. millions of americans saw the results of that conflict. we have to be willing to make good, sound judgments. incidentally, i know the value of making sure our troops have the latest technology. the governor has proposed skipping the next generation of weapons. i think that's a big mistake, because i think we have to stay at the cutting edge. >> governor, how would you advise the voters to make the decision on this issue? >> i think you've got to look at how one has handled responsibility in office. whether or not it's -- the same
i served for eight years in the house of representatives and i served on the intelligence committee, specialized in looking at arms control. i served for eight years in the united states senate and served on the armed services committee. for the last eight years i've served on the national security council, and when the conflict came up in bosnia, i saw a genocide in the heart of europe with the most violent war on the continent of europe since world war ii. look, that's where world war i...
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a bus full of passengers plunged hundreds of feet off a cliff, killing at least 22 people. the bus was on a rural road in a northern province. survivors and witnesses reportedly say the driver was going too fast. >>> nepal, army officials worked alongside civilians to search for victims of a dead deadlylandslide. it killed at least six people and workerser look for eight others. heavy rain hampered the search. >>> china, paragliders from eight countries came to a southwestern province to jump off a mountain more than 7,000 feet high. competitors showed off their skills on the way down with moves like helicopters and infinity tumbles, all part of the city's third international tournament. and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. a guiness world record holder created a brand-new record for cracking coconuts with his head. the guy from india set out to break 20 right of way ones by slamming them on the front of his dome. he managed to bust 18 in as many seconds. earning a spot in the asia and india book of records, he made the guiness book in march, b
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the president. 46% of undecided voters in a cbs poll gave the win to romney to just 22% for mr. obama. nearly a third of the undecideds were undecided. romney's positive rating rose above 50% for the first time in this campaign in a reuters poll. the president's ratings stayed unchanged at 56%. romney stayed on the attack even though his positions were to be charitable and flatly untrue. here's some of what he said about his tax plan and the economy. >> romney: i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. my plan is not to put in place any tax cut that will add to the deficit. my view is we ought to provide tax relief to people in the middle class but i'm not going to reduce the share of taxes paid by high income people. we have 23 million people out of work. or stop look for work in this country. >> eliot: here's how the obama campaign responded to some of the claims. with an ad released this afternoon that relied on fact checkers. >> mitt romney has not laid out specifics for how he would pay for his tax cut. he says it's by reducing deductions and closing loopholes but he hasn'
the president. 46% of undecided voters in a cbs poll gave the win to romney to just 22% for mr. obama. nearly a third of the undecideds were undecided. romney's positive rating rose above 50% for the first time in this campaign in a reuters poll. the president's ratings stayed unchanged at 56%. romney stayed on the attack even though his positions were to be charitable and flatly untrue. here's some of what he said about his tax plan and the economy. >> romney: i'm not in favor of a $5...
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use of the upside down in the housing market under the bush administration. more homes had been foreclosed upon during the bush and administration, not the obama administration. i love to talk about facts, i cannot call you a liar, but maybe you are disingenuous on your facts. >> the word liar is a harsh word and a divisive word. we talk about trying to find commonality here. what i will say about mitt romney, having been around him a great deal, is that he is a man of great faith and a man of strong family and strong family values. if given the opportunity, i know he will lead this country with honesty, with integrity. we might disagree about his policies. i disagree with the president and the direction of his policies, but i try not to question his motives or his goals or why he does the way he does. the voters get turned off by negativity. i would hope both sides can return to civility to this process and maybe not be quite as divided. let's fight and argue and debate, but i hope we're able to move forward as a country. >> thank you very much for being wit
use of the upside down in the housing market under the bush administration. more homes had been foreclosed upon during the bush and administration, not the obama administration. i love to talk about facts, i cannot call you a liar, but maybe you are disingenuous on your facts. >> the word liar is a harsh word and a divisive word. we talk about trying to find commonality here. what i will say about mitt romney, having been around him a great deal, is that he is a man of great faith and a...
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there were old friends when they were in the house of representatives. they were cordial to reach other. i just think, and this is subjective. those who watched it on television kennedy had won. those who heard it on radio, thought nixon had won. -- those who watched on television thought kennedy had won. >> let's move on to a little bit later debate. the comeback of the fixture and our political campaign. there is a commission to set up the debate. let's watch the clip from 1998. >> over the years you have expressed several positions while posing -- while opposing nearly all forms of government payment for it. you now say you support abortion only in the cases of rape,, or a threat to the mother's life -- incest or threat to a mother's life. if abortion were to become illegal again, the you think the women who defy the law and have them anyway, as they did before it was ok by the supreme court and the doctors who perform them should go to jail? >> i have not sorted out the penalties, but i do know why it opposed to abortion. i favor adoption. if we can
there were old friends when they were in the house of representatives. they were cordial to reach other. i just think, and this is subjective. those who watched it on television kennedy had won. those who heard it on radio, thought nixon had won. -- those who watched on television thought kennedy had won. >> let's move on to a little bit later debate. the comeback of the fixture and our political campaign. there is a commission to set up the debate. let's watch the clip from 1998....
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have simply never been represented. listen. >> someone who would represent the fact the fact that you have a growing hispanic population, growing black population in terms of percentages. all of that at a time when those percentages are now especially among young people adding up to close to half the american population to, again, see that it's an all white group of moderators is somewhat disappointing. >> the crux of this criticism is that the moderators are all old, boring and white. i think jim lehrer, candy crowley and bob schieffer could obviously not argue that they are white. they might argue they are not that old. they certainly argue that they're not particularly boring. shep? >> shepard: no, and they are not. jonathan hunt with us. thanks. governor romney spent weeks criticizing president obama's foreign policy agenda particularly since that consulate attack in libya attack that killed chris stevens. today secretary of state hillary clinton vowed a thorough investigation into the attack to determine if mistake
have simply never been represented. listen. >> someone who would represent the fact the fact that you have a growing hispanic population, growing black population in terms of percentages. all of that at a time when those percentages are now especially among young people adding up to close to half the american population to, again, see that it's an all white group of moderators is somewhat disappointing. >> the crux of this criticism is that the moderators are all old, boring and...
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host: there was a brief window when george bush had the house of representatives of that changed when a member of vermont switched over to become part of the democratic caucus. we will go to callings worth, new jersey, good morning. caller: thank you for listening to me. i have been a democrat all my life and the only time i ever voted otherwise was in 2008 -- not in 2008 -- yes, 2008 when now president obama started changing his stance on single parents health care and it has been that way ever since. i am for rocky anderson this year and a third party. your choice of guests is an excellent choice. i agree with all of his points of view and all your callers, i cannot disagree more. the reason i am calling is as maybe ithe base goes., is up to cspan now to give america a venue for the third- party candidate, to have a debate for a third-party candidate and let america see the message. host: thanks for the call. we will show our audience from 1832, the anti-masonic candidate. eugene debs ran in 1912 along with teddy roosevelt. more recently, john anderson and ross perot. what are these
host: there was a brief window when george bush had the house of representatives of that changed when a member of vermont switched over to become part of the democratic caucus. we will go to callings worth, new jersey, good morning. caller: thank you for listening to me. i have been a democrat all my life and the only time i ever voted otherwise was in 2008 -- not in 2008 -- yes, 2008 when now president obama started changing his stance on single parents health care and it has been that way...
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it is a catch-22 in a lot of ways. if you don't vote, you cannot complain. you have forfeited your voice in the system. if you do vote, though, you have consented get very to the outco, whatever it is. my guy or your guy. in that argument, there is no way to get out of consenting to the system. the talks about the clean hands that we talked about earlier. the idea that voting or nonvoting entitles you to speak or not speak about political affairs is completely wrong. it is the fundamental duty of citizens to be engaged specifically, but the actual act of registering and going to the ballot box is not the fullest extent of that duty. host: catherine mangu-ward. we will go to the next call. caller: i want to thank the man from maryland who was on a minute ago. my son and grandson both served in iraq in order to not vote if this lady wants to. it is a privilege, not a duty. i am appalled that anyone would go on tv and encourage people not to vote. my son andin this last primary,s a slip of the vote. because they were tied. guest: i think the caller was maybe be
it is a catch-22 in a lot of ways. if you don't vote, you cannot complain. you have forfeited your voice in the system. if you do vote, though, you have consented get very to the outco, whatever it is. my guy or your guy. in that argument, there is no way to get out of consenting to the system. the talks about the clean hands that we talked about earlier. the idea that voting or nonvoting entitles you to speak or not speak about political affairs is completely wrong. it is the fundamental duty...
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12 embassies attacked in the 8 years of the bush administration and losing a u.s. diplomat in pakistan and our president recognizing that we have to shift our focus, not just in the global war on terror, but to dhiena. i think this may take a bit of luster off, but overall, i think it's quite a good step that he has taken for america, securing our peace and prosperity. >> eric: that's the final word. >> thank you for having me. >> eric: thank you both. >> jamie: major development in the showdown over iran's nuclear program. the economic sanctions are stinging hard with the israeli finance minister, saying iran's economy is paying a heavy price for nuclear activity, edging on collapse, he said. so diplomacy is taking center stage at the u.n. general assembly. the prime minister warning the world that iran must be given a red line, according to benben. if you missed this, here it is. >> where should a red line be drawn? a red line should be drawn right here. before -- before iran completes the second stage of nuclear enrichment. >> jamie: but for all the sanctions an
12 embassies attacked in the 8 years of the bush administration and losing a u.s. diplomat in pakistan and our president recognizing that we have to shift our focus, not just in the global war on terror, but to dhiena. i think this may take a bit of luster off, but overall, i think it's quite a good step that he has taken for america, securing our peace and prosperity. >> eric: that's the final word. >> thank you for having me. >> eric: thank you both. >> jamie: major...
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president obama's view of how we fix our economy. much more in line with main strewn americans believe, the middle class believes. the things that president clinton used, balanced approach. opportunity and, i thought that governor romney really didn't do anything to dissuade the general public from the view that he would like to go back to the days of the bush tax cuts for the wealthy and hope that this time, instead of growing deficits, and growing unemployment, that it grows jobs. so governor romney really needed a game changer tonight. i hate to say this but i find myself agreeing with chris christie. governor romney really needed to turn the world upside down. he really need ad game changer tonight. i think you would be sore pressed to find that magic moment that was the game-changer tonight. and, so, that was my view in watching it anyway. i also thought the president did a very good job finally nailing governor romney down to admitting he does want to turn medicare into a voucher program. i thought the president pushed back on
president obama's view of how we fix our economy. much more in line with main strewn americans believe, the middle class believes. the things that president clinton used, balanced approach. opportunity and, i thought that governor romney really didn't do anything to dissuade the general public from the view that he would like to go back to the days of the bush tax cuts for the wealthy and hope that this time, instead of growing deficits, and growing unemployment, that it grows jobs. so governor...
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this is not bush's economy. this is our economy, and we are stuck with it. if anyone thinks we would get out of it in one terms or to terms, i think you were poking -- or two terms, you are smoking some funny weed. we need a new economy and new direction. that is what i look like to hear your opinion on. yes or no? guest: definitely this is not any one person's economy. we're all in it together. president obama would he took office, we were losing an average of 750,000 jobs per month. we're fighting our way back. it is extremely important we understand that we are recovering. recovery is not happening as fast as we would like, but we are in the right direction. we did not want to turn back. -- we do not want to turn back. the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8%, the lowest since obama took office. that is a great sign of progress. i do not think it is time for mitt romney or anyone on the republican side to play partisan politics and say this means this just to score political points. we're working on the right path away, investing in the middle class and the
this is not bush's economy. this is our economy, and we are stuck with it. if anyone thinks we would get out of it in one terms or to terms, i think you were poking -- or two terms, you are smoking some funny weed. we need a new economy and new direction. that is what i look like to hear your opinion on. yes or no? guest: definitely this is not any one person's economy. we're all in it together. president obama would he took office, we were losing an average of 750,000 jobs per month. we're...
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bush -- made up for all of the jobs losted under president bush and adds jobs on top of that. there is no doubt about it that the president can take credit for creating jobs where mitt romney never did. the headline in the "new york times," obama's jobs number still beats his predecessor. 866-55-press. a long way to go still, unemployment is still too high. there are a lot of public sector jobs being cut because of budget cuts, but the private sector remains strong. manufacturing jobs are starting to come back and president obama bring jobs back to this country. the obama economy is working. it's just taking longer than any of us would like. the times last wednesday, this headline from the "new york times," auto sales, the highest in five years. the fiscal cliff is still looming, but those worries don't seem to be slowing down auto sales. autos flew off the hot at the highest rate in four years. 1.9 million cars, trucks and suvs sold in the united states in september, up 13% from last year -- then same period a year ago. that gets us up to probably 15 million vehicles being so
bush -- made up for all of the jobs losted under president bush and adds jobs on top of that. there is no doubt about it that the president can take credit for creating jobs where mitt romney never did. the headline in the "new york times," obama's jobs number still beats his predecessor. 866-55-press. a long way to go still, unemployment is still too high. there are a lot of public sector jobs being cut because of budget cuts, but the private sector remains strong. manufacturing jobs...
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a cbs snap poll showed that 45% identified mitt romney while 22% said barack obama won and 32% called it a tie. the candidates tangled over taxes and figures of cuts or increases. andrea mitchell looked into the truth behind the rhetoric of both candidates. >> let me repeat what i said. i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. that's not my plan. my plan is not to put in place any tax cut that will add to the deficit. >> reporter: romney has proposed making the bush tax cuts permanent for all tax levels and then cutting all rates an additional 20%. he would repeal the alternative minimum tax and repeal the estate tax. they said mitt romney's tax plan would cost $4.8 trillion over ten years. he said his plan would be paid for but to pay for those he would have to close loopholes and get rid of some tax deductions, he said, and tax credits, but he's repeatedly refused to say which deductions he would get rid of saying he would work with congress to make those decisions. also president obama said his plan would cut the deficit by $4 trillion. >> we all know that we've got to do more so
a cbs snap poll showed that 45% identified mitt romney while 22% said barack obama won and 32% called it a tie. the candidates tangled over taxes and figures of cuts or increases. andrea mitchell looked into the truth behind the rhetoric of both candidates. >> let me repeat what i said. i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. that's not my plan. my plan is not to put in place any tax cut that will add to the deficit. >> reporter: romney has proposed making the bush tax cuts...
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it extends the bush upper, we have a weak economy. so what does it do? extend the bush upper income tax cuts and lets tax cuts for lower income working families expire. now if what you're doing is trying to increase aggregate demand in weak economy why would you let ones have highest bang for the buck expire and extend the ones with the lowest bang for the buck? fundamentally there is another issue here. so, as i've said, you don't go off a cliff into a recession on january 2nd. but, if you default, if you don't raise the debt and you default, that is more like a cliff given the permanent damage it could do to the u.s. creditworthiness. so analog to this should have been that, in august, back when we, august 2011, when were approaching to the debt limit we were ready to go up to the brink. the parallel argument to doug he is if you're terrified of the economy would have been a 1-year extension debt limit. no, that wasn't on the table. because the debt limit was a mechanism to drive all spending cuts with no revenue increases. now that the shoe is on the
it extends the bush upper, we have a weak economy. so what does it do? extend the bush upper income tax cuts and lets tax cuts for lower income working families expire. now if what you're doing is trying to increase aggregate demand in weak economy why would you let ones have highest bang for the buck expire and extend the ones with the lowest bang for the buck? fundamentally there is another issue here. so, as i've said, you don't go off a cliff into a recession on january 2nd. but, if you...
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there is also a foreign policy debate coming up on october 22. is this a preview for that debate and does that open the play book for the obama camp to see what mayor romney is going to talk about at that foreign policy debate? >> -- what mitt romney is going to talk about. >> i think we have heard many of these arguments before, after , governorattacke romney came out and made these points pretty forcefully. from what we have seen, today's speech is going to be a maybe even stronger assertion of his views of those issues. having been on the campaign trail and talk to voters that some of the paul ryan events, it's an argument that has resonated, particularly when it comes to things like foreign aid and how the country is spending its resources. exactly see the relationship being a reciprocal one. that could also be one area the romney campaign is looking for when they decided to hold this speech. >> i want to read a piece of the speech that was released yesterday. let us know what is new from this -- host: are these new ideas are things he has ta
there is also a foreign policy debate coming up on october 22. is this a preview for that debate and does that open the play book for the obama camp to see what mayor romney is going to talk about at that foreign policy debate? >> -- what mitt romney is going to talk about. >> i think we have heard many of these arguments before, after , governorattacke romney came out and made these points pretty forcefully. from what we have seen, today's speech is going to be a maybe even...
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bush, this shows the fallacy of that argument. operation wide receiver which was a bush program was in conjunction with the mexican government. here we allowed guns to walk to drug cartels. they were turned on the mexican citizens and we never bothered to tell mexico what was going on. you can fire a deputy attorney general and remove the head of the atf. but ultimately who is responsible is the attorney general of the united states. congress ryan, mitt romney, and congress is correct it's time for eric holder to go. there is only five weeks between thousand and the election. there is political consequences and there is real consequences here. even the inspector general's report did not absolve eric holder as he claims it did. he still should have known what was going on with such a massive operation. martha: it did show he didn't know. you are saying that isn't enough. i get that. but there is no indication that the administration has any intention of changing their attorney general, jay. >> that right. i think that's the politic
bush, this shows the fallacy of that argument. operation wide receiver which was a bush program was in conjunction with the mexican government. here we allowed guns to walk to drug cartels. they were turned on the mexican citizens and we never bothered to tell mexico what was going on. you can fire a deputy attorney general and remove the head of the atf. but ultimately who is responsible is the attorney general of the united states. congress ryan, mitt romney, and congress is correct it's time...
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iran and the issue of the republic -- the economy. the next thing they did is they turned around and made it harder for their political opponents and top supporters of the president to be able to cast a ballot. so you have people like congressman john lewis, longtime civil rights leader, who are saying this is the civil rights battle of our time now. the same fight we had in 1965, the same marchers when john lewis was beaten in alabama, this is occurring today. it is a different discussion now than it was back then, but nonetheless, the urgency to defend their right to vote is there and the black community. i would argue in the hispanic community and on college campuses, like it was in some sense during the civil rights era. it took a long time to get people to pay attention to this issue. this is something when i wrote about in september, 2011, and not allow people were covering. i think people are now more aware of this issue. you've seen the court strike down a lot of these laws for violating the voting rights act or violating the
iran and the issue of the republic -- the economy. the next thing they did is they turned around and made it harder for their political opponents and top supporters of the president to be able to cast a ballot. so you have people like congressman john lewis, longtime civil rights leader, who are saying this is the civil rights battle of our time now. the same fight we had in 1965, the same marchers when john lewis was beaten in alabama, this is occurring today. it is a different discussion now...
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economy. you've got these crippling deficits, anemic jobs. you've got romney's plan to reverse that. on foreign affairs, you've got a failed foreign policy. yes, they've done more drone attacks, which is good. yes, osama bin laden is dead, which is good. but whether you deal with russia, china or throughout the broader middle east, you have a disaster. we saw that in the killing of the american ambassador in benghazi and a fundamental misunderstanding. >> i want to get to some other issues. i want to get to larger question, which is what is a romney foreign policy? what is going to be different about it than president bush's? less sort of the quote unquote freedom agenda? >> what you're going to have is a foreign policy that's been in the bipartson tradition of strength from kennedy and beyond. one that believes you need a strong economy. you need to have leadership. america's better off and the world is better off when america leads as "the washington post" editorial said today. there's a vac
economy. you've got these crippling deficits, anemic jobs. you've got romney's plan to reverse that. on foreign affairs, you've got a failed foreign policy. yes, they've done more drone attacks, which is good. yes, osama bin laden is dead, which is good. but whether you deal with russia, china or throughout the broader middle east, you have a disaster. we saw that in the killing of the american ambassador in benghazi and a fundamental misunderstanding. >> i want to get to some other...
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they make up almost 22% of the state's population. it is a unique population, given the large cuban community there, which is much denser than the rest of the country and tends to vote republican. who has a better handle on this voting bloc, if that can even be classified as a single bloc? >> well, you really can't. but nevertheless, hispanic voters generally share the same second language, and in some cases, certainly in miami, certainly the same first language, spanish. but registered voters showed bop with a whopping lead of 30 points. he needs to keep that lead high. in 2008, obama won 57-42 over mccain with the hispanic vote here. one of the reasons that it was higher in the rest of the nation is that we have about a third of our hispanic voters are cuban america. they tend to overwhelmingly vote republican. what you're seeing since 2008 and since 2006 and before is there's a burgeoning puerto rican community in central florida that's largely democratic that's balancing out the cuban republican vote. so that's really where obama'
they make up almost 22% of the state's population. it is a unique population, given the large cuban community there, which is much denser than the rest of the country and tends to vote republican. who has a better handle on this voting bloc, if that can even be classified as a single bloc? >> well, you really can't. but nevertheless, hispanic voters generally share the same second language, and in some cases, certainly in miami, certainly the same first language, spanish. but registered...
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bush of 7.6% an lost re-election. the second quarter gdp number, 1.3%, that is lower than the 4.3% that bush 41 had and he lost. the workforce participation right of 3.36 is lower than what jimmy carter had. president obama's numbers are below every president who has got even reelected and slightly above those of the presidents who got defeated. the question is, is he going to be the bottom of the guys who win or the top of the guys who lose? martha: good question and good white board. we need our glasses some of us to get a close look at that one, but we appreciate all the numbers there. let's listen to john senunu who was talking about this quite a bit yesterday. i want to get your thoughts on what he had to say. >> contrast that with a president that seemed -- not seemed, that was uninformed, detached, and demonstrated that he has been lazy and disengaged and has no idea, not only of his own policies, but has no idea what mitt romney's real policies are. the president last night showed us why the country is in trou
bush of 7.6% an lost re-election. the second quarter gdp number, 1.3%, that is lower than the 4.3% that bush 41 had and he lost. the workforce participation right of 3.36 is lower than what jimmy carter had. president obama's numbers are below every president who has got even reelected and slightly above those of the presidents who got defeated. the question is, is he going to be the bottom of the guys who win or the top of the guys who lose? martha: good question and good white board. we need...
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we're out of time. you're the deputy white house editor for politico. everyone should follow you on twitter. thank you for being on the "bill press show." we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >>only on current tv. dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. en (vo) cenk uygur is many things. >>oh really? >>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives call them, we had the highest tax rates, and the highest amount of growth, and the highest amount of jobs. those are facts. >>"if you ever raise taxes on the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: this is the "bill >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> john: this is the "bill press show." i'm john fuglesang filling in for bill all morning. taking your calls at 1-866-55-press. coming up, think progress editor in chief judd legum will be here in studio with me. later, "buzzfeed" political reporter mckay coppins and wayne of the humane soci
we're out of time. you're the deputy white house editor for politico. everyone should follow you on twitter. thank you for being on the "bill press show." we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >>only on current tv. dose of politics from a fresh perspective. >>i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. >>only on current tv. en (vo) cenk uygur is many things. >>oh really? >>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden...
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remember george bush, i. how about not interrupting. you remember al gore? how about not sighing and also just absolutely trying to show some vulnerability. the american public polls said 41% know him. 70% obviously know president obama. he's kind of seen more open, more accessible and to try to get rid of that image of being just a wealthy businessman. >> what does president obama need to do? can he just stay the course and win this thing? >> some say all he has to do is not drool on tv. act presidential. don't be aloof. don't be smug. don't be arrogant. just be yourself. people know you. don't give any reason for people to dislike you because people already do like you and to tell them why the next four years will be better for people who are in dire economic straits than the last four years. >> speaking of which, vice president joe biden certainly not making that task easier the day before remarking that the middle class is getting buried. hello? they've been in charge four years. >> we've talked about this before and i predicted and accurately that joe b
remember george bush, i. how about not interrupting. you remember al gore? how about not sighing and also just absolutely trying to show some vulnerability. the american public polls said 41% know him. 70% obviously know president obama. he's kind of seen more open, more accessible and to try to get rid of that image of being just a wealthy businessman. >> what does president obama need to do? can he just stay the course and win this thing? >> some say all he has to do is not drool...
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house of representatives. but yet the obama campaign -- here is this man who spent his whole life with five children, a lovely wife building a career, serving as governor, traveling the world trying to make the world a better place and he's a liar. megyn: stephanie cutter already suggested he might be a felon. >> and murderer. megyn: mitt romney gave an interview with sean hannity last night and spoke to that 47% moment. very controversial. and he did -- hannity asked him what would you have said if president obama asked you about it. >> well, clearly in a campaign with hundreds if not thousands of speeches and question and answer sessions, now and then you are going to say something thatten to the come out right. in this case i said something that's completely wrong. and i absolutely bleach, however, that my life has shown that i care about 100%. and that been demonstrated throughout my life. this whole campaign is about the 100%. when i become president it will be about helping the 100%. megyn: does that get
house of representatives. but yet the obama campaign -- here is this man who spent his whole life with five children, a lovely wife building a career, serving as governor, traveling the world trying to make the world a better place and he's a liar. megyn: stephanie cutter already suggested he might be a felon. >> and murderer. megyn: mitt romney gave an interview with sean hannity last night and spoke to that 47% moment. very controversial. and he did -- hannity asked him what would you...
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>> the f 22. this is something that even the pentagon did not want. the administration did not want. there are those who are advocating for it. i voted against the f22. i voted on a different alternative fighter engine that was not necessary as well. that was cut. those are 2 examples of programs that were cut. what i do not want to do is what my opponent says -- he basically embraces the lion budget. what does that budget to do? it ends medicare as we know it. makes it a voucher. privatizes social security. dramatically cut assistance to education in our country. as someone who grew up, the first of my country to go to program, i want loans to be out there and keeping student loan interest rates low so that everyone can achieve an education. it is very important to do this and a balanced way. >> one i am there we are going to have a joe kyrillos -- i will work on end compromise along the way, without sacrificing principle with my colleagues. and with the executive branch. and so, there you go. talk about congressman ryan, it is always the other guy's
>> the f 22. this is something that even the pentagon did not want. the administration did not want. there are those who are advocating for it. i voted against the f22. i voted on a different alternative fighter engine that was not necessary as well. that was cut. those are 2 examples of programs that were cut. what i do not want to do is what my opponent says -- he basically embraces the lion budget. what does that budget to do? it ends medicare as we know it. makes it a voucher....